Power Quotes
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The less government we have, the better, - the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.
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Knowledge is potential; action is power.
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Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.
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Where I cannot be moral, my power is gone.
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Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
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Art moves. Hence its civilizing power.
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I just want to believe in a higher power. That's a good way to live.
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I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it's an old system that we can't control.
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Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate.
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The great powers claim that whatever they possess is theirs by right, but whatever we, the smaller countries possess is negotiable.
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The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.
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To have power and contentment at the same time, that is a rare thing indeed.
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Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
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Even as the United States has risen to become the predominant international power, however, conflict has persisted over the nature of American society itself and what its role in the world should be.
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The only limit to the power of Almighty God lies within you & me.
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You remember how you were taught to write. Your mother put a pencil in your hand, took your hand in hers, and began to move it. Since you did not know at all what she meant to do, you left your hand completely free in hers. This is like the power of God in our lives.
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Real stories - whether in pure fiction or historical - have a certain indefinable power; we are endlessly curious about the past and hungry for learning that we hope will illuminate the present.
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I am of the opinion that the main and final cause why the prince pretends to the power of altering the coinage is the profit or gain which he can get from it.
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Once the new power has taken over they have to establish a new status quo just to keep the factories and trains running.
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Harry Dresden: You can never tell how someone is going to handle power - not until you hand it to them and see what they do with it.
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There is an indefinable mysterious Power that pervades everything.
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I think we are seeing the absolute and utter collapse of male politicians in this U.S country and we're seeing what the underpinnings of the power structure are, which are sexist underpinnings.
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A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
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If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
